ROBERT NIGHTHAWK SWEET BLACK ANGEL
Label Phantom 
Release Date Dec 19, 2006
Format:Flac

\\\\\\\"Ask my black angel for a nickel, 
and she give me a ten dollar bill
Ask my black angel for a nickel, 
and she give me a ten dollar bill
Told I her want a small drink of liquor, 
and she bought me a whiskey still\\\\\\\" *

Robert Nighthawk was one of the blues premier slide guitarists playing with a subtle elegance and a fluid, crystal clear style that was instantly recognizable. Nighthawk influenced a generation of artists including Elmore James, Muddy Waters, B.B. King and particularly Earl Hooker. In many ways Nighthawk was the archetype of the classic bluesman spending his entire adult life rambling all over the South with frequent trips to the North playing a never ending string of one nighters punctuated by sporadic recording dates. Nighthawk\\\\\\\'s recording dates brought him only limited success but he remained popular in the South his entire life. Nighthawk\\\\\\\'s life remains somewhat indistinct; for one he never stayed in Chicago long enough to establish himself, he was interviewed only briefly and unlike many artists didn\\\\\\\'t appreciably benefit from the blues boom of the 1960\\\\\\\'s. 


Tracklist:
01 Black Angel Blues (3:04)
02 Anna Lee Blues (3:15)
03 Jackson Town Gal (2:52)
04 My Sweet Lovin\\\\\\\' Woman (2:51)
05 Down The Line (2:48 )
06 Handsome Lover (2:57)
07 She Knows How To Love A Man (3:07)
08 Sugar Papa (2:52)
09 Return Mail Blues (3:16)
10 Good News (3:15)
11 Six Three O (2:54)
12 Prison Bound (2:59)
13 Sorry My Angel (3:34)
14 Someday (3:03)



Tracks: 1,2,8 & 9
Robert Nighthawk (guitar,vocals on 1,2 & 9)
Ethel Mae (vocals track 8 )
Ernest Lane (piano)
Willie Dixon (bass)

Recorded 12 September 1948 )

Tracks 3,10-12
Robert Nighthawk (guitar, vocals on 3,11 & 12)
Ethel Mae (vocals track 10)
Pinetop Perkins (piano)
Willie Dixon (bass)

Recorded  5 January 1950

Tracks 4-6
Robert Nighthawk (guitar,vocals on tr 5)
Ethel Mae (vocals 0n 4& 5)
Ernest Lane (piano)
Willie Dixon (bass)

Recorded 18 November 1948

Tracks 13-14
Robert Nighthawk (guitar,vocals)
Walter  Horton (harmonica)
Lafeyette Leake (piano)
Buddy Guy (guitar)
Jack Mayers (bass)
Clifton James (drums)

Recorded 30 June 1964

All tracks recorded in Chicago IL.